wain \wain\, n. oe. wain, as. waegn; akin to d.  g. wagen,
   ohg. wagan, icel.  sw. vagn, dan. vogn, and e. way. ????.
   see way, weigh, and cf. wagon.
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   1. a four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods,
      produce, etc.; a wagon.
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            the wardens see nothing but a wain of hay.
                                                  --jeffrey.
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            driving in ponderous wains their household goods to
            the seashore.                         --longfellow.
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   2. a chariot. obs.
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   the wain. astron. see charles's wain, in the
      vocabulary.

   wain rope, a cart rope. --shak.
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see also:
way weigh wagon the wain charles's wain wain rope